top of page

news

Still Corners RELEASE TODAY IS THE DAY

The season is once again changing and with it comes a poignant new single from Still Corners.  "Today is the Day" radiates the warmth of the first days of spring, a song about change being the only constant in life and seizing the moment while you can.  Written in Woodstock, NY and featuring acoustic guitar, bass guitar and a beautiful orchestral ending, Today is the Day glides across a wide open sky and invites the listener to live for today.

​

Tessa Murray says "You have all sorts of connections with songs you write but some seem to connect on a deeper level for whatever reason and this song does that for us.  I think there were two sides to this song, one is that we wanted to say something about seizing the moment as life is precious and tomorrow is not promised and that is echoed in the chorus, Today is the Day etc.  On the other side there's this connection to nature and that's peppered throughout the lyrics as well.  Yeats once said, "The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper".  I really believe that and when we were out filming this video by all the trees and birds and just hearing that acoustic guitar out there, it felt ancient and old and it was something I had to be reminded of.  Sitting there by the brook I thought maybe I'll be lucky and catch a glimpse of something deeper."

Still Corners Share OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR CRYSTAL BLUE

Still Corners have released the official video for Crystal Blue, the third single from Dream Talk directed by Lucy Dyson. Commenting on the collaboration, Lucy said:

​

"Crystal Blue is my fourth music video for Still Corners, and as always, it’s so lovely to get to develop a visual concept for their music, and this song has so many gorgeous elements; it sounds like the sea and a summer breeze, and the peacefulness I feel when snorkelling (is there a more peaceful creature than the seahorse?). So, working with the beautiful 8mm footage they provided me with, and Tessa’s lovely silk shirt as the perfect colour pallet, I created a multifaceted video piece bringing together the elements that the music evokes for me; the gentle sway of a coral reef, mottled Neptune hues, and the mesmerising motions of seagulls hovering to the music carried by the wind." 

Still Corners Share CRYSTAL BLUE

Still Corners have released Crystal Blue, the third single from Dream Talk. Crystal Blue is a torch song about two lovers separated by the sea, dreaming of reuniting one day.  Hours go by, day and night, the breeze touches their skin, the waves become their only friends as they wait to meet again under the same moon.  A soft drum beat, congas and a solitary marimba patter away as Tessa Murray asks, "Do fishes sleep, in the ocean blue?  Do you dream of me like I dream of you?".  A crystal clear guitar solo whisks the listener to the far side of the world as the couple head off to a place they've never heard of just to see each other again.

​

Pre-order Dream Talk on LP/CD

Pre-order Dream Talk on Bandcamp

Still Corners release The Dream

"Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream." This quote from Shakespeare is the central theme for Still Corners new sonic masterpiece "The Dream", the latest single from their upcoming 6th Album "Dream Talk". Shakers and a lone rhythm guitar drop into a fast paced beat of bass and drums, gradually revealing the melodic voice of Tessa Murray on a train travelling at speed through a desert at night - "We are on a night train, heading to the east end". Shifting synths combine with a climatic build of congas gradually revealing a beautiful and epic tale of a "dream within a dream". The song finishes off with a crystalline guitar solo from her partner in crime Greg Hughes. This is Still Corners at their most seductive and romantic.

 

The video is based on the duo's deep love of mystery novels and cosy crime fiction. Tessa Murray plays a new character called "Penelope Braithwaite" as she investigates the "Mystery of the Repeating Dream". Folks from the fictitious town of "Reverwood, Sussex" have been falling into a repeating dream trap, when they wake up they realise they are in fact in the same dream. Penelope arrives at a mysterious house to investigate. Does she solve the mystery or is she too stuck in a looping dream? Beautifully filmed in England by the band themselves and featuring steam trains and a dilapidated mansion set on vast gardens, this is a detective story not to be missed!

​

Pre-order on LP/CD

Pre-order on Bandcamp

​

Still Corners release Secret World Video, Announce US Tour Dates

Still Corners has released the official video for Secret World and announced US Tour dates. 

​

 Tessa Murray said "And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles".  That was our initial inspiration behind the video for Secret World, taken from The Secret Garden novel.  In the video I'm pulled into another world by the Plant Lady and try to escape but ultimately end up stuck there and I'm not entirely sure that's a bad thing." 

​

April 17 – Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY, USA

April 19 – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA

April 21 – The Crocodile, Seattle, WA, USA

April 23 – Regency Theater, Los Angeles, CA, USA

​

Tickets go on sale 10am local, Friday December 15th. 

​

Still Corners NEW ALBUm MARCH 2024

Dream Talk type 2.jpeg

On Friday 5th April 2024, Still Corners will release their sixth album, “Dream Talk”.  Beautifully arranged, elegant and wistful, Dream Talks is a set of ten carefully crafted classic songs.   From the autumnal opener "Today is the Day" to the hot summer night finale of "Turquoise Moon", Still Corners have created a sound that is focused, stylish and seductive.

 

Tessa Murray says, "The genesis for a lot of these songs came from dreams.  Every night I would write down the dreams I could remember.  While recording I would pull out my book of dreams and sing over various looped phrases Greg had been working on, the repetitive nature of the looping and singing almost felt like going into a trance.  A lot of the songs came from that process, it was fun and what I thought were sort of ramblings ended up surprising us with their various meanings and imagery."

 

The album was written in various places, the south of France, East Sussex, UK and Woodstock, New York.  Murray continues, “The songs came together quickly and being able to write from anywhere kept up our momentum".

 

Produced by Greg Hughes at the band’s studio in Woodstock, New York, Greg says "We experimented with various things like different mics, amps and effects before committing to anything.  Everything was mixed analog through our new SSL console, there's a gleam to the sound"

​

A special ‘indie’ version of Dream Talk is available to pre-order on limited edition coke bottle green vinyl with a poster and download code and CD from select independent record shops direct from us. 

​

Pre-order on LP/CD

Pre-order on Bandcamp

​

LISTEN TO SECRET WORLD

05 Secret World by Still Corners cover art.jpeg

The first single to be released from Dream Talk, Secret World, is about obsession.

 

Murray writes “Sometimes the thought of someone, wanting to know them, get into their world is dangerous. The real person doesn’t matter anymore, just the fantasy of them, which is totally wrong but feels right."

​

LISTEN TO SECRET WORLD

05 Secret World by Still Corners cover art.jpeg

The first single to be released from Dream Talk, Secret World, is about obsession.

 

Murray writes “Sometimes the thought of someone, wanting to know them, get into their world is dangerous. The real person doesn’t matter anymore, just the fantasy of them, which is totally wrong but feels right."

​

Still Corners ANNOUNCE THE Dream Talk TOUR

Still Corners will be hitting the road in support of the new album. 

April 26 – Foro Indie Rocks!, Mexico City, Mexico 

May 5 – Chalk, Brighton, UK 

May 6 – Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK Tickets

May 7 – Strange Brew, Bristol, UK Tickets

May 8 – Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK Tickets

May 10 – De Casino, St. Niklaas, Belgium Tickets

May 11 – Willem Twee, Den Bosch, Netherlands Tickets

May 12 – Café de la Danse, Paris, France Tickets

May 13 – Paard, The Hague, Netherlands Tickets

May 16 – Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark Tickets

May 17 – Bahnhof Pauli, Hamburg, Germany Tickets

May 18 – UT Connewitz, Leipzig, Germany Tickets

May 19 – Lido, Berlin, Germany Tickets

May 20 – Niebo, Warsaw, Poland Tickets

May 21 – Kwadrat, Krakow, Poland Tickets

May 22 – Nova Cvernovka, Bratislava, Slovakia Tickets

May 24 – Istanbul, Turkey

May 25 – Istanbul, Turkey

May 27 – Škofja Loka Castle, Škofja Loka, Slovenia Tickets

May 28 – Locomotiv, Bologna, Italy Tickets

May 29 – Arci Belleza, Milan, Italy Tickets

May 31 – Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece Tickets

bottom of page